The Heritage Initiative
As part of its continuing dedication to sustainable efforts, TreadRight, with support from Insight Vacations, launched The TreadRight Heritage Initiative. The TreadRight Heritage Initiative looks to further TreadRight’s commitment to the people and the places that we visit.
Heritage activities are vital to local economies. Millions of individuals around the world are dependent on heritage-based work, and in many developing destinations the heritage sector helps create jobs, champion economic development, build connections to the global marketplace and empower the disenfranchised.
In its first year, The TreadRight Heritage Initiative lends its support to the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise. Together, TreadRight and the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise will support ancient cultural traditions that preserve the unique richness and diversity of people and place. Through this partnership, TreadRight has created a small grants program for artisan enterprises.
Insight Vacations and The Travel Corporation family of brands proudly support The TreadRight Heritage Initiative.
Umbria, Italy
Giuditta Brozzetti Workshop
The Giuditta Brozzetti Cooperative is one of the few remaining traditional frame hand weaving workshops in Italy, producing patterns reminiscent of Medieval and Renaissance textile traditions in Italy.
Chinchero, Peru
Centre for Traditional Textiles of Cusco
The Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco encourages a 10,000-year-old Andean textile tradition and provides support to the 500 individuals working in this heritage industry from the Cusco region.
Featured Trips
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This magnificent journey showcases Italy’s grand past, romantic cities and exquisite natural wonders. Step into the ancient world, as a Local Expert shows you the cobblestone alleyways of Pompeii, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel in VIP style, and the gravity-defying Tower of Pisa.
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The mysterious world of the ancient Inca Empire pairs nicely with the flavours of a modern gastronomic powerhouse.
